Catholic Association for International Peace
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The Catholic Association for International Peace was founded in 1927 by John A. Ryan
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It based its opposition to war on the traditional just war
doctrine.
John A. Ryan
Monsignor John Augustine Ryan was a leading moral theologian, priest, professor, author, and social justice advocate. Ryan lived during a decisive moment in the development of Catholic social teaching within the United States...
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It based its opposition to war on the traditional just war
Just War
Just war theory is a doctrine of military ethics of Roman philosophical and Catholic origin, studied by moral theologians, ethicists and international policy makers, which holds that a conflict ought to meet philosophical, religious or political criteria.-Origins:The concept of justification for...
doctrine.
Opposition to the Vietnam War
They joined other religious organizations in urging a halt to the bombing of North and South Vietnam.Further reading
- Emanuel, Cyprian William The Morality of Conscientious Objection to War Washington:Catholic Association for International Peace, 1941 OCLC 183290138